Don't Look Back

Slipping Up

Ross's POV

I woke up later in the afternoon. I was starving, I had missed breakfast and probably lunch. I went to the main cabin and found everybody standing outside. "Whats going on?" I asked. Everyone was looking in the windows. Erin said, "Sky's in there. She's cleaning up our mess,  she locked the doors." I pulled at the door. I said, "Everybody just go back to your cabins she'll unlock the doors when she's done." They all agreed and left. I walked back with Rocky, he said, "Where's Riker?" I explained what happened with Carissa and Sky. Then I said, "He won't get out of bed." He said, "Ouch, that sucks." I asked him, "What made you and Sky go out?" He said, "Alana heard me and Ryland talking about Sky and she told me that Sky liked me. So I followed her when she went on her hike, I got lost and just stayed with her, then she helped me get back, and I tripped and she grabbed my hand, then neither one of us let go. Then the next day at breakfast we talked a little bit and then we made it official. But something screwed it up, and it was over." I said, "Oh, ok. I guess the Lynch boys are having some girl problems." He laughed, "Except for Ryland." I nodded, "Yeah." He said, "So what happens after camp, when we go home?" I said, "I have no idea." He said, "What do you think will happen to Sky?" I asked, "What do you mean?" He said, "Whoever broke into her house and knocked her out, could come back." I said, "I hadn't think about that." He said, "Yeah, but she doesn't remember getting attacked." I said, "She remembers more than you think." He said, "What do you mean?" I couldn't tell him, so I said, "She remembers some things, like, she had a little flashback, she remembers a part from the plane ride. She remembers the picture. So maybe her memory will come back." He said, "Yeah, I kind of hope she doesn't remember the Alana thing." I said, "Does everyone know about that but me?" He said, "Pretty much, we actually see it, you were the only one who got to read the texts, but we saw her in action." I said, "Fantastic." He said, "Don't worry, we'll be home tomorrow." We walked into the cabin where Dylan and Ryland were sitting on the couch, and Riker was still in bed. Five minutes later Sky came in with a big tray, she had plates of food, it smelled really good. She put it down on the table along with a pack of our favorite sodas. Then she left. Probably to go give the girls their food. I ran out after her, she was limping back, she really should stay off of her foot. "Let me bring the tray, just go back to your cabin and stay off of your ankle." She said, "I got it." She went inside and grabbed the other tray. I said, "Please, let me help you." I grabbed the other end. She wouldn't let go. "Let go Ross." I didn't want to fight with her. I looked back at the kitchen, it was still messy, she locked us out because she was making food, she just didn't want us in there while she cleaned, I let go of the tray. She said, "Thank you." And she walked out the door. I ran into the kitchen and started pushing all if the food into the trash can. Then I wet a rag and wiped down everything. I finished cleaning and then Sky limped in. She hobbled into the kitchen and saw that it was spotless. She looked surprised, I just saw how tired she was in her eyes, she gave me a big hug. Still hugging, I said, "Please, stay off your ankle. It'll jut get worse the more you stand on it." She nodded and I picked her up, she said, "Can you leave me on the couch here? I don't really want to go the cabin. This way, I can cook for everyone for dinner. And you guys can have your guy time." I laughed, "Okay, well, just to let you know, we love spending time with you." She said, "Really? Because I feel like I'm the center of the problem," I said, "Only because we put you there." I put her down on the couch and sat down next to her. I picked her legs up and swung them over my lap. I undid her ankle brace to look at it. It was very swollen and lots of dark colors. I said, "And this is why you were supposed to stay off if it." She said, "I know, I just, hate sitting all the time." I said, "If you let the swelling go down you might not need to." I sat with her for a while. I didn't want to leave her here alone. We sat there talking until it was around dinner time. Then she got her legs off of my lap. "I gotta go make dinner." I said, "No, we gotta go make dinner." She smiled at me, "How does spaghetti sound?" I said, "Perfect." I carried her to the kitchen and set her down on a stool. She pointed at the pantry, "Grab some flour from in there." I opened the pantry and found the big tub of flour. I set it down on the counter in front of her. "And the dough is in the fridge." I asked, "We're making it fresh?" She said,"Thats the best way to eat spaghetti." I opened the fridge and grabbed the dough. We grabbed all the supplies we needed and I grabbed a stool and sat down next to her, then I said, "Now what?" She showed me how to do it. We put the noodle dough in the spaghetti cutter, she cranked the handle and it came out the other end. Then she tools knife and sliced it so we had long noodles. I took over cutting noodles and she started making the red  sauce. About fifteen minutes later we had the noodles boiling. Soon I set the table with the big bowl of spaghetti in the center and place settings all around. When we were done I carried Sky back to the couch. "So you do this three times a day every day? Cooking I mean." I asked, she nodded. I said, "Why?" And she answered, "Because it makes it easier for everyone else. You guys all work so hard at home, either you're performing concerts or on set. This is the one place where you get a break." I said, "Sky, you work even harder than all if us combined. I don't know how you do it." She said, "I just do. I don't know how either." Then Alana walked in the door, Sky scooted away from me. Riker was right, she never lost her memory, she's still afraid of Alana. Alana said, "Look what I found Sky." She revealed two crutches from behind her back. Sky put on the fakest smile ever and said, "Oh my gosh, thank you so much!" I helped her up and Alana helped her with the crutches. Sky hugged her and said, "Thank you, now I can walk."  Alana said, "No problem." And everyone rushed in for dinner. I didn't see Riker. We all sat down and ate our food.